LABOUR LEADER CAUSES SENSATION IN HOUSE
ALLEGES IMPROPER PRACTICES IN RECENT MARINE STRIKE TRIAL Reed. 11 a.m. CANBERRA. To-day. Late last night, Mr. E. G. Theodore, the Labour leader, caused a sensation in the House of Representatives by stating that statutory declarations had been placed recently before the Attorney-General, the Hon. J. G. Latham, alleging improper practices by Commonwealth officers and witnesses in connection with the recent trial of Jacob Johnson, who was sentenced to six months’ gaol in connection with the Marine Cooks’ Union trouble. One affidavit was sworn by Andresen, a member of the Seamen’s Union, at Wellington; New Zealand, to the effect that he took notes of a meeting of the seamen, and communicated what happened to Mr. Dillon, the representative of the Shipowners’ Federation. Subsequently, through Mr. Dillon (Andresen alleges) Longmore, a Commonwealth police officer, induced him to obtain other witnesses for the prosecution. and that Longmore supplied money for this purpose. Mr. Theodore demanded a searching inquiry into these allegations.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 589, 15 February 1929, Page 9
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